Thomas Kubic

Areas of Expertise

• Application of X-ray Diffraction to problems of transfer evidence especially soils, paints, etc. particularly qualitative and quantitative analysis of mixtures. Advanced methods of quantitative analysis are of special interest.
• Identification and Individualization of Cosmetics by Chromatography, ATR-FT/IR, and Microscopy.
• Dust Identification and Analysis by PLM and SEM/EDS.
• Individualization of Synthetic Fibers by Thermal Microscopy.
• Identification of Ball Point Inks on Papers by micro ATR-FT/IR, and analytical pyrolysis.
• Individualization of automobile oils and grease by fluorescence spectroscopy and HPLC.
• Fluorescence Spectroscopy applications to criminalistic problems.
• Studies of environmental contamination issues applicable to the SEM/EDS GSR technique.
• Application of Micro-X-ray fluorescence inside SEM sample chambers for micro evidence characterization.
• Forensic Applications of automated image analysis.
• Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography and Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry to forensic transfer evidence evaluation.
• Capillary Electrophoresis applied to Transfer Evidence Analysis.